Border Angels pledges to end family separation one family at a time – will you?

The Familias Reunidas bond fund was launched in December 2019. This campaign seeks to raise awareness and support those being held in ICE detention centers due to their lack of funds to post bond. As of April 2020, we placed bonds for 18 immigrants and asylum seekers using $75,000 that Border Angels allocated from your generous contributions. Many of those we have helped were given $5,000 bonds.

But there are still hundreds more that remain detained and we need your help.

Join us in donating to our bond fund.

Every day a mom spends in detention is a day that her children go without her hugs and affection. Every day that the head of a household is in detention is another day that the family has to wonder how they will pay their rent and put food on the table.

100% of your donation will go toward getting someone out of detention and reunited with their families.

Your donations have helped Helen, a woman from Cameroon whose husband was shot and killed, whose brother was burned to death and whose child died hiding in a bush. Helen fell to her knees in tears when she learned that she would be released. She is now out of detention.

Your donations have helped Ruben, a male from Mexico who was detained during the COVID-19 pandemic in the detention center that has the highest number of positive cases in the nation. He would call Border Angels begging for help because of he was scared of dying in detention. He is now out of detention.

Help us get more people out of detention.

What is an immigration bond?

An immigration bond is the amount of money set by the Department of Homeland Security or an immigration judge as a condition to release a person from detention for an immigration court hearing at a later date. To set bond, a judge has to determine that the person is not a threat to the public and that they will be appearing at their future court hearings. Unfortunately, our immigration system allows for immigration judges to issue bonds in the minimum amount of $1500 and often well over $20,000 in a very inconsistent and arbitrary manner.

For our immigrant families, that means that although an immigration judge has determined they qualify for a bond, they are nevertheless locked in detention until their families are able to raise the bond fund. There are highly predatory bond companies that require high initial payments with high interest and require that the person posting bond is a US citizen or legal permanent resident, and therefore, are unavailable to some immigrant families.

About Border Angels: Border Angels is a 501(c)3 organization based in San Diego, CA that advocates for human rights, humane immigration reform and social justice with a special focus on issues related to the US-Mexican border. Monetary contributions allow Border Angels to continue helping immigrants, migrants and asylum-seekers in San Diego and in Tijuana. Border Angels continues to conduct water drops, support the expansion of Roca de Salvación, a Tijuana-based shelter, and ensure that shelters in Tijuana have enough food and medicine.